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The '''University of Kentucky''' ('''UK''', '''UKY''', or '''U of K''') is a public land-grant research university in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the '''Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky''', the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being [[wikipedia:Kentucky_State_University|Kentucky State University]]). It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 32,710 students as of fall 2022. | |||
The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, Kentucky spent $393 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 63rd in the nation. | |||
The University of Kentucky has seven libraries on campus. The largest is the [[William T. Young Library]], a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. Since 1997, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly. The directive mandated that the university become a ''Top 20'' public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking, to be determined by the university itself, by 2020. Two alumni from the university have won Nobel Prizes. | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kentucky University of Kentucky. Wikipedia] | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:44, 4 January 2024
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University). It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 32,710 students as of fall 2022.
The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, Kentucky spent $393 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 63rd in the nation.
The University of Kentucky has seven libraries on campus. The largest is the William T. Young Library, a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. Since 1997, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly. The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking, to be determined by the university itself, by 2020. Two alumni from the university have won Nobel Prizes.